L. T. Smith is a late bloomer when it comes to writing and didn't begin until 2005 with her first novel Hearts and Flowers Border (first published in 2006). Although she loves to write, L. T. loves to read, too—being an English teacher seems to demand it. Most of her free time is spent with her furry little men.

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Johnny Smith is an assistant professor of American history at Georgia Tech. He is the author of The Sons of Westwood: John Wooden, UCLA, and the Dynasty that Changed College Basketball. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Jean Edward Smith was a member of the faculty at the University of Toronto for thirty-five years, and at Marshall University for twelve. His acclaimed biographies include Eisenhower in War and Peace; FDR, winner of the 2008 Francis Parkman Prize; Grant, a 2002 Pulitzer Prize finalist; and Lucius D. Clay: An American Life.

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Adam Smith (1723–1790) was a Scottish philosopher who is best known for his book The Wealth of Nations, which had a profound influence on modern economics and concepts of individual freedom.

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Alastair Smith is the author of Election Timing and coauthor of Punishing the Prince and The Logic of Political Survival.

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Captain John Smith (1580–1631) was an English soldier, sailor, and author. He is remembered for his role in establishing the first permanent English settlement in North America at Jamestown, Virginia, and his brief association with the Native American girl Pocahontas.

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Daniel Blake Smith is the author of Inside the Great House: Planter Family Life in Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake Society and a professor of colonial American history at the University of Kentucky.

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Deirdre Smith is the daughter of former New York City firefighter, author, and U.S. firefighter advocate Dennis Smith.

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Dennis Smith, a former New York City firefighter, is the founding editor of Firehouse Magazine and the bestselling author of Report from Ground Zero.

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Gina Smith is a technology and science journalist and the author of The Genomics Age, which Barron's named one of the top twenty books of 2005.

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Haywood Smith is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Red Hat Club—a publishing phenomenon celebrating women's friendships that inspired real-life "Red Hat Clubs" across the nation—Ladies of the Lake, and Queen Bee of Mimosa Beach.

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Judy Smith, one of the premier crisis management experts in the world, has served a wide range of clients facing some of the most high profile challenges of our times.

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